Alcohol: a global health priority

The Lancet

Volumn 373, Issue 9682, 2009, Pages 2173-2174

  Beaglehole, Robert ^a   Bonita, Ruth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 67649250015     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61168-5     Document Type: Note

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